Vol 4 Chapter 72: Absolute certainty

"Hi Feng," Xiao Ohei, who seemed to be thinner but looked better, shook hands with Feng Yiping very enthusiastically.

"Hello Barack,"

Although Feng Yiping's trip to Chicago this time mainly met with the president of McDonald's, the first thing he met was O'Hare, who is now in a critical period of his political career.

Xiao Ohei, who habitually puts his hand on Feng Yiping’s shoulder, introduced a middle-aged man beside him, "Feng, this is Marty, my chief fundraiser,"

The man was very humble, "Thank you Feng, thank you for supporting our work,"

Fundraisers are doing things that ask people for money. This job is not easy to do, and no one will send money out without problems. The richer the people, the smarter they are. In other words, the harder they are. .

It's really rare for someone as cheerful as Feng Yiping.

"You're welcome,"

"Feng, thank you very much for your support, and your friends in Silicon Valley," Xiao Ohei personally drove the door for Feng Yiping, "Do you know how much money we have raised now?"

"How much?" Feng Yiping is now immune to similar actions. This guy is not yet the president of the United States. It is estimated that only Feng Yiping knows that he will be the 44th president of the United States.

Now he is just a senator from the Illinois State Senate, and he is also his sponsor. It is no big deal to accept services like driving the door.

"It has exceeded this number," Xiao Ohei was very pleased with a "6" gesture.

"Really? Congratulations!"

In the United States, the success of a campaign and how much money can be raised are also a very critical factor.

Money is the same on all occasions. Money is not everything, but without money, it is absolutely impossible.

In the past, O’Hare failed to run for the Illinois House of Representatives. There are many reasons. The right time and place are not occupied by people, and his level is average... Wait, the point is that he only raised a total of 600,000 US dollars. funds.

Having suffered the last fiasco, Ouhei naturally valued the fundraising this time.

And this time, his opponents are very strong.

Among his several opponents in the Democratic Party, he is particularly rich, and at the same time the most threatening to him, Blair Hall, a successful former stockbroker and the main sponsor of the governor of Illinois. He plans to invest $29 million in this campaign.

There is also a particularly background, Dan Hines, he is the State Comptroller and was born into a prominent political family in Chicago. His father was the former chairman of the State Senate. He had a personal relationship with the governor and the mayor of Chicago. Before the election, Hein Sri Lanka has won the support of 85 of the 102 Democratic county chairpersons.

The American Federation of Labor Unions (afl-), the largest trade union organization, also tends to support Hines.

Comrade O’Hare knew that he could not withstand the second defeat, so at the beginning of the year he won the support of Emile Jones, the chairman of the Illinois Senate and the leader of the Democrats in the state, and he put the fundraising work first.

After comprehensively analyzing the severe situation facing him, he proposed a goal of raising at least 6 million US dollars-a full 10 times that of 600,000 US dollars in 2000.

If the funds raised are less than US$6 million, his chance of winning the election may only be 30%. If the goal is reached, he will have a more than 50% chance of winning. If he can raise US$10 million, he will have The confidence to win.

Although with the support of the bigwigs in the Democratic state and the contacts he has accumulated over the years, Illinois, especially the upper-class black groups in Chicago, business elites, a new generation of entrepreneurs, fund managers, bankers, etc., are all acting The government expressed support for him, but it was far from enough.

To raise more than $6 million in funds, he also needs to enlist the support of local Jewish professionals and wealthy businessmen, who have always been Chicago's most generous political donors.

These people are known as "liberals by the lake", and most of them live on the northern shore of Lake Michigan, but Little O'Hare, who started in Chicago's Hyde Park, has no friendship with these people.

"Thank you, those friends in Silicon Valley, who helped a lot. With their introduction, I got the opportunity to meet many people in the North Shore."

Little O'Hei has no contact with those people, but Jobs and the others do!

At Amanda’s full moon banquet, I met Feng Yiping’s business partners and took them very seriously. After that, I went to Silicon Valley several times to maintain these relationships. Now, it can be said that I have tasted the benefits of these relationships.

So, people and resources are the same all over the world.

Although knowing more people does not mean that it will bring many benefits or get the support of these people in everything, but at least, it means more opportunities.

"Hehe, we are just making a line, you can get their support because you are very convincing,"

"No, sometimes opportunity is more important than ability." Although Xiao Ohei's words were flattering, even though he himself later contacted these "liberals by the lake," Feng Yiping accepted it calmly.

"And this time, we are confident of raising more funds, isn't it Marty?"

Marty sat sideways in the passenger seat, "Yes, I believe we will eventually raise 10 million US dollars this time."

"10 million US dollars?" Feng Yiping remembered the goal that Xiao Ohei told himself. "That is this time next year, I have to call you "Mr. Senator""

The little O’Hare at this meeting is immersed in the haze brought about by the last failed campaign, immersed in the vision of a bright future and a smooth future-you know, the United States federal senator has no term limit. He can be re-elected for re-election, so his emotions are still more exposed at this meeting, "Hehe, I have the confidence to win,"

"Barack has been visiting various black churches in the area uninterruptedly over the past few years. He has almost never missed the opportunity to speak at the black churches every week."

Marty said, “With Jones’s support, Barack presided over a series of bills in the Senate. In particular, according to the requirements of black groups, the death penalty reform and the increase in tax exemption were passed, which reduced the residents of Illinois by 100 million. U.S. dollar taxes, now he is very prestigious in the state,"

In the composition of voters in Illinois, blacks account for more than half. Obtaining the support of blacks is naturally very important.

Xiao Ohei seems a bit unaccustomed to the team members complimenting himself in front of outsiders, "It's nothing, this is just a lesson I learned from the last defeat,"

In the United States, the ability of candidates to speak is also crucial. To put it bluntly, sometimes speaking better than singing, it can bring a lot of support to candidates.

The former O'Hare, because he graduated from Harvard Law School, did not work as a lawyer or as a faculty member, so he was very pedantic. Although he was also of African descent, his style was obviously not supported by black brothers.

For example, they all greet each other, "what’sup, bro,"

And Xiao Ohei is "howdoyoudo," obviously not the same person.

And the little O'Hei at that meeting, his speech skills were really mediocre, so during the 2000 campaign, there was more than one incident in which he gave a speech in the church, but the audience below fell asleep.

So this time, he also spent a lot of time to make targeted improvements. He went to the church to learn the rhythm of the black pastor’s speech and the manner of praise, and he observed the reaction of the audience, constantly learning and adjusting, and in the professional skills of speech, and Compared to him 3 years ago, there is really a difference.

"How is the situation now?" He doesn't see Feng Yiping too much now, and Feng Yiping doesn't see him outside.

Hearing this, Xiao Ohei laughed again, "Better than I expected,"

"Oh?"

"You know," Xiao Ohe blinked. "The main competitors in our party, Hall and Hines, because they are too strong, both regard each other as their biggest opponents. Hehe, they are busy attacking each other. I have no time to take care of me, a guy of average strength,"

Feng Yiping couldn't help being a little jealous at this, and his luck was too good. This is not a typical crane and clam fight. Is the fisherman profitable?

The situation was originally very severe, but because the other two were too strong, they didn’t even think about targeting the relatively average Ouhei, if this time there was only one of Hall and Hines. It's really impossible for him to run so smoothly in the election.

Little O’Hare’s unique personal conditions have also given him a lot of help this time. His father is African-American, his mother is white, and his children from an ordinary family climbed to the top of the American education pyramid. This kind of struggle experience, Not only can it resonate with blacks, but it can also be respected by whites.

Although the largest trade union organization, the Federation of Labor Unions, does not support O’Hare at present, under the influence of State Senate Chairman Jones and under O’Hare’s own efforts, several service trade unions, including the Teachers’ Federation and Service International trade unions, state and county and municipal workers' unions, hotel and clothing unions decided to abandon Hines and support him instead.

At the same time, because of his long-term legal work experience, he has also won the support of the lawyers' group.

In short, with high-level support, there is already a high popularity, key skills have been significantly improved, and the fundraising is also very gratifying. The two most powerful opponents are focused on attacking each other and putting him aside... …This time, it can be said that he has taken advantage of the right time and place, no wonder he is so optimistic and happy now.

"Feng, we have to thank you for nextdoor. Our campaign on it has been very effective. Thanks in particular for your exclusive choice."

The exclusivity he said was that, besides him, nextdoor did not accept requests from other candidates in Illinois to also advertise on the website and organize campaign events.

"It's nothing, I hope I can provide you with more help within my ability,"

Feng Yiping spoke very loyally, very buddy.

In fact, he would like to have such an impression in the future that anyone who can stand against the election campaign on nextdoor will definitely win the election later!

I believe that with this reputation, my website will surely cut off the sweetest piece of cake in various campaigns.

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"Feng," Michelle walked out of the house with his two daughters, and greeted him with a smile, "Welcome!"

I have to say that although this is a woman who is really not a good-looking woman according to our aesthetics, she is really a good helper with very high emotional intelligence and ability. Xiao Ohei himself also said that if the opponent is Michel Well, then he has no chance of winning at all.

More than 5 years old, Maria shook hands with Feng Yiping solemnly~www.wuxiaspot.com~ As for Natasha, Feng Yiping hugged her up, "Remember me?"

"Remember, I remember the gift you gave me," Natasha said, touching her lips with her finger.

Ha ha, really childish words.

Feng Yiping smiled, "Fortunately, I remember to bring you a gift this time, otherwise you won't remember me next time."

"How is Amanda?" Michelle asked.

"Thank you, she is very good, now she can say more and more, and she is much better than before, and because of me, she has been very obsessed with clay sculpture recently,"

"Really? Why don't Huang and her come together this time?"

"This time the schedule is tighter and there are more jobs. Next time, Natasha, when your father has time, shall we go on vacation?"

When Amanda was born, there were two brothers, Jobs and Google, plus Feng Yiping, and at least five top-ranked people in the world’s richest list were waiting in the hospital. Now let her and the future first family in the United States nurture it. Feelings are also a good thing.

"We are all paying attention to you. You recently opened a pure electric car factory, a solar power company, the acquisition of Coin Star, and a series of subsequent measures... We are very proud of you,"

"Haha, have you all noticed? The things I did are not as important as the things Barak will do in the future,"

Hearing Michelle say this, Xiao Ohei blushed a little. From receiving Feng Yiping at the airport to now, he only talked about himself to Feng Yiping without asking Feng Yiping's current situation.

"Do you need me to accompany you for the meeting tomorrow?" He said, "I have also dealt with many McDonald's executives,"

"No, I am worried that this will have a bad effect on you, and, like you, I am absolutely sure of tomorrow's meeting."